Unit 2 Vocabulary

2. A social organization that promoted agricultural interests and worked to protect farmers
3. Used horizontal integration to control and organize the oil industry
6. Exclusive control over an industry
7. Corrupt political leader during the Gilded Age from New York
9. The movement to increase farmers' political power and to work for legislation in their interest
12. Primary entrance for Chinese Immigrants
13. Knights of Labor
14. The combining of all phases of manufacturing to control the quality of product at all stages of production
15. established that positions within the federal government should be awarded on the basis of merit instead of political affiliation
17. A term often used to characterize the United States, with its history of immigration and mixing of cultures, ideas, and peoples

1. Overcrowded, unsanitary
4. Immigration processing center that open in New York Harbor in 1892
5. The process of acquiring or merging with industry competitors to achieve the competitive advantages that arise from a large size and scope of operations
8. When workers moved towards manufacturing hubs in cities to obtain jobs in factories as agricultural jobs became less common
9. A system in which benefits are granted in exchange for political support
10. survival of the fittest applied to society and business
11. Organizations whose main goals were the rewards (money, influence, prestige) of getting and keeping power
16. Large company or business combination that gains (or attempts to gain) control of a market